Episode 127 “2023/24 season preview show”

After an 8 week break the pod returns. Nick is joined by Tom Coley (@tomcoley49) from football.london (@Football_LDN) to preview the 2023/24 season. This summer the public has been hit with “Barbenheimer” with both Barbie & Oppenheimer being huge hits at the box office, making lots of money in the process. Chelsea also have raked in a lot of money this summer & that’s where we begin with the departures of Tiémoué Bakayoko, N'Golo Kanté, Kalidou Koulibaly, Mateo Kovačić, Édouard Mendy, Kai Havertz, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Mason Mount, César Azpilicueta, Baba Rahman, Christian Pulisic, Ethan Ampadu, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, João Félix & Denis Zakaria while David Datro Fofana & Omari Hutchinson have left on loan to Union Berlin & Ipswich respectively & Lewis Hall is expected to follow suit & join Crystal Palace. We also ponder the futures of Hakim Ziyech, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Trevoh Chalobah & Conor Gallagher. Up next we then discuss the blues new signings Lesley Ugochukwu, Nicolas Jackson, Diego Moreira, Christopher Nkunku, Malo Gusto, Axel Disasi & Robert Sánchez. There’s a young Brazilian contingent now at Chelsea with Andrey Santos’s work permit finally approved he’s been joined by this summer Ângelo Gabriel with Deivid Washington seemingly not far behind & friend of the show Jéssica Frota (@Je_Frota) gives us the lowdown on these three exciting talents. Moises Caicedo has been the long drawn out saga of the summer, we give our thoughts on that as well as the alternatives such as Leandro Paredes & Tyler Adams. Dušan Vlahović as a striker has been linked too! Levi Colwill extended his Chelsea contract much to all our joy & that is celebrated. We then move our chat to Chelsea’s preseason tour of the United States. With the help of fans who were at some of the games we recap a pretty successful tour before bemoaning the injury suffered by Christopher Nkunku. We also compare the mood around the club now compared to this time a year ago. We make some predictions as follows: -Top 4 and relegation -How will Chelsea fair in League Cup, FA Cup, and League? -Player(s) to look out for this season/Dark horse(s) -Who will win player of the season -Player(s) who need a big season -Who will be top goal scorer -One thing you hope to see this season -One seismic event that will happen this season Finally there’s some chat on Under 16’s no longer being able to go to games at Stamford Bridge without adult supervision & some chat on buying a majority stake in Strasbourg. Until the next episode KTBFFH💙 Follow us on Twitter/X - https://mobile.twitter.com/thatchelseapod Follow Tom on Twitter/X - https://twitter.com/tomcoley49?s=21 Check out the Blue Crew Pod- https://podfollow.com/1507115057 Thanks to these guys for contributing to the episode: Jéssica - https://twitter.com/je_frota?s=21&t=g5zPb49WBLToqZiZgpCx-w Trey - https://twitter.com/treyowolf?s=21&t=g5zPb49WBLToqZiZgpCx-w Max - https://twitter.com/maxshapnik?s=21&t=g5zPb49WBLToqZiZgpCx-w Patrick - https://twitter.com/ptp_coyb?s=21&t=g5zPb49WBLToqZiZgpCx-w Jordan - https://twitter.com/sports_by_stats?s=21&t=g5zPb49WBLToqZiZgpCx-w We’re on threads now - https://www.threads.net/@thatchelseapod If you wish to get in contact with us via email - thatchelseapod@gmail.com Join our FPL league - https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/ymo3ok Follow The Chelsea Social - https://twitter.com/thechelssocial?s=21 Check out the Blue Crew Pod- https://podfollow.com/1507115057 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices